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Hello to everyone , I am new to the community and just recently adjust my valves on my 2006 Honda shadow spirit 750DC . I followed the procedure by HYNES Honda shadow manual. I soon discovered in the end that I did not see or read , and cannot find anywhere , what marking do I realign the crank...

Hello, My bike is 1991 Shadow VT 600. Just did my first valve clearance adjustment ever so I don't have experience in this job yet. Before the bike's valves were audible, tapping noise but felt pretty normal. I did the valve adjustment, the valves felt pretty tight so I loosened them (0.15mm...

Hey guys, I have a 2002 VLX VT600CD and I’m having a heck of a time trying to get the valve covers to seal. I put all new gaskets on the covers and the valve adjustment covers BESIDES the mounting bolt seals (which look dry) and they have started leaking again after 200 miles and I can’t tell...

I’ve had my 84 Shadow 700 for about a year now, 25000 miles (5000 in the past year) with stock intake and exhaust. I recently removed the mufflers and added shorter pipes with small baffles in them (hindsight not the best idea). I was cruising down the highway doing about 85, which it’s had no...

1996 Honda Shadow vlx 600 I pulled my carburetor off and the front cylinder head was flooded with fuel. Not sure how long it had been like that. I looked everything over and tried to clean out the fuel as best as I could. The oil looked okay, I replaced all the spark plugs, and I rebuilt the...

Hey all, I'm working on installing the head covers on my '97 VT1100 and I'm looking for some clarification on something in the shop manual. The manual says that, after installing the cylinder head covers, you need to "check that the slots in the exhaust and intake rocker arm shafts are within...